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Show THINK STRAIGHT This is a timd for straight thinking. ' Make sure the other fellow is liot talking talk-ing drivel. Analyze his thought, don't ' follow it. He may be suffering with phraseology hemorrhage. It Is epi- ' demic now-a-days Uka Influenza and tnuch more serious. For instance in regard to the Victory Vic-tory Liberty Loan and these fellows who thumb their vests, frown wisely, and say "Let the banks do it. They are bursting with money." They are talking drivel. It sounds fine but it isn't good sense. Nor is it good economics, which amounts to the same thing. If the government thought It was wise to "let the banks do It," the government gov-ernment would let them do it. There would be no Victory Liberty Loan in the popular sense. But the government govern-ment knows better than to let the banks do it. This is the period of reconstruction right now. It la a period of many possibilities economically. One possibility possi-bility is industrial depression. One preventative of Industrial depression Is plerty of money at Tavorable rates of interest to stimulate private enterprise. enter-prise. That means our banks must not be clogged with government securities. se-curities. It means that we can't afford af-ford to "let the banks do it." The people must do it do it from their earnings, present and future. Think straight. Support the Victory Liberty Loan. |